Translations
Modern
Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
Traditional
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
Literal
And they took two chariot horses, and the king sent them in the direction of the camp of Aram, saying, “Go and see.”
Latin
Adduxerunt ergo duos equos, misitque rex in castra Syrorum, dicens: Ite, et videte.
Original
Hebrew
English
Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
Notes
The abandoned items showed how quickly the Arameans fled, and the Israelites took goods from their camp. As Elisha predicted, food was now plentiful. Joram's skeptical officer was knocked down and trampled to death.
Events
Places
Syria: Ancient region north of Israel, often in conflict
Glossary
Elisha Kings, Books of First and Second Malachi, Book of Samaria
Topics
Armies: March in Ranks: Among the Syrians Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The End of the Famine in Samaria